iTunes Metadata Reverting on Apple Music (Album & Artist Names, etc.)

Whenever I edit an album's metadata, specifically the title, on iTunes, the changes will be made on Apple Music, but within minutes the metadata is changed back to its original form in Apple Music. The edits I made on iTunes stay in place on my computer; they are only reverted on Apple Music.


I've mainly had this problem with albums whose tracklists I've edited; for example, I'll add bonus tracks bought on a separate deluxe edition of an album to the standard edition of the album and change the title of the album to something else entirely. However, on Apple Music, the title just reverts back to the original item. I've also encountered this problem when splitting long albums into separate bodies of work; after I manually create new albums to separate the songs into, they both end up reverting to the original album's title.


Lastly, when I changed a track's metadata to organize it under a different artist (it was originally under a compilation album that I attempted to redesign as a single under a specific artist), the entire artist's name was changed to "Various Artists" on Apple Music and all of their songs and albums appear as though they are compilations with her name under them. The metadata on iTunes does not show this though; the problem only persists on Apple Music.


Is there any way to fix these issues? I am an Apple Music subscriber making these changes on PC; I have also:

  • Unchecked "Keep Itunes Media Folder Organized"
  • Unchecked "Retrieve additional information from the Internet" under Windows Media Player
  • Changed the metadata on iTunes multiple times; it temporarily works, but the changes always revert back on Apple Music.
  • Updated all of my devices to the newest versions and restarted them numerous times.


What appears to be the problem? I am not having this issue with cover art or the tracklists themselves; it's only the titles.

iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 5, 2023 12:07 PM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2023 12:36 PM

See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows - Apple Community. Although written in reference to iTunes the same techniques should apply to Apple Music.


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